Breakfast turned out to be an unmitigated disaster.
First, the back story. We’re trying to cook more, because the diet recommendations from John’s doctor lean towards the Mediterranean diet. This means good food, but it also means very much less processed stuff, which means more cooking because things like veggie trays and pitas with hummus can’t be meals all the time. So, this means I’m experimenting with more cooking, which I really like to do but haven’t had a chance to do for a very long time.
So this morning, scrambled eggs. Not that hard. Except cook with olive oil instead of butter. And here’s where things go south.
Turn the burner on, set it to medium. So far, so good. And then we get to measuring the olive oil. You don’t need that much, and not a lot was my plan, but I learned too late that the bottle has a huge pouring opening so guess what happens?
By the end of it, John’s eggs were burned and had way too much olive oil, the frozen onions definitely didn’t work out, my eggs were burned, there’s a huge mess that still has to be cleaned up, and we’re just going to order something.
Thankfully John was a good sport about all of it. I’m still very pissed off and a little upset about it all though because scrambled eggs aren’t supposed to be hard and if scrambled eggs turned out to be such a huge disaster then God only knows what other stuff will turn out like.
I’m sure a year from now I’ll be better at all this but I was really looking forward to both of us having a nice breakfast and I really am trying to get the hang of cooking everything and it was extremely disappointing to have things turn out the way they did.
@arush don’t feel bad making scramble eggs maybe easy, but making good scramble eggs are not
@arush I have relied on the spray olive oil from Trader Joe’s for this purpose. You can use very little easily. I usually sauté spinach quickly then add the beaten eggs . It’s really good, if you like spinach.
@arush Scrambled eggs are not that easy. If you’re willing to be odd (and have a colander), try this quite simple poached scrambled egg recipe. Is it crazy to make scrambled eggs in boiling water? Maybe, but it works.
@arush You don’t need a very hot pan. Pre-heating one at medium-low is plenty. I add my eggs to the pan, give them a quick scramble, then turn off the heat — that way it’s basically impossible to burn them. Some people even recommend starting with the eggs in a cold pan, then turning on the heat, but I find this takes a bit too much time and attention.